Restoration Comedy
Blackwell Essential Literature

1. Auflage August 2002
160 Seiten, Hardcover
Wiley & Sons Ltd
The two plays presented in full in this volume - Wycherley's
The Country Wife and Congreve's The Way of the World
- illustrate the evolution of Restoration comedy between 1675
and 1700.
* * Includes full texts of Wycherley's The Country Wife and
Congreve's The Way of the World.
* * Demonstrates how Restoration comedy evolved between 1675 and
1700.
* * Introduces general readers or students to the genre.
* * An editorial introduction guides readers through the plays and
the period.
Introduction.
1. William Wycherley (1641-1716):.
The Country Wife (1675).
2. William Congreve (1670-1729):.
The Way of the World (1700).
Index of titles and first lines.
Literature at Jesus College, Oxford since 1984.
Duncan Wu is a Fellow of St Catherine's College, Oxford,
and University Lecturer in English Literature.